Those of us who are in leadership bear the weight of responsibility for recruiting and training the next generation of Christian leaders.
Mez McConnell is the senior pastor of Niddrie Community Church and director of 20schemes. He is the author of numerous books, including The Creaking on the Stairs: Finding Faith in God Through Childhood Abuse (Christian Focus) and Is There Anybody Out There?: A Journey from Despair to Hope (Christian Focus). He's married to Miriam and has two daughters. You can follow him on Twitter.
Those of us who are in leadership bear the weight of responsibility for recruiting and training the next generation of Christian leaders.
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Often, the middle class approach to leadership training is, “Prove yourself and then we will see”, but a better way within scheme culture is, “Take responsibility until you prove you are unable.”
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Work hard at maintaining your personal/communal spiritual disciplines of reading, meditation, and prayer. All is lost if these go out the window.
How can we call people to a life of self-sacrifice, yet promise to meet up with them for an hour once a week?
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The Christian life is an all-out, bloody, no holds barred spiritual war.
Just because I didn’t see fruit in that prison doesn’t mean it wasn’t there.